Attachment (Raga) and Aversion (Dvesha) by Loren Abrams

raga-dvesha-viyuktaistu vishayanindriyais-charan Atmavasyair-vidheyatma prasadam-adhigacchati “But the disciplined (lower) Self, moving among sense-objects with senses free from attraction and repulsion and mastered by the Higher Self, goeth to Peace.” (Gita, II-64) This idea of two currents of the mind, one driving me towards things and the other away from things, is a concept I have worked…